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Three Reasons Why SAP Supply Chain Planning Is a Risk to Your Business
I am writing this blog post in the air, sitting in seat 4c, somewhere over the Midwest en route to Philadelphia. As I look below, I see field after field of United States farmland. The land looks like...
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Five Reflections From Supply Chain Planning Benchmarking
Benchmarking is a measurement of the quality of an organization’s policies, products, programs or strategies against standard measurements. Business Dictionary.com Writing a Shaman blog post is now a...
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S&OP: Five Steps to Get Started
It is Sunday. Today I assume a familiar position. Now a ritual, with coffee in one hand and country music blaring, I sit in my faded green chair to write a blog post. I have done this for seven years....
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Five Things I Have Learned About Global Supply Chain Planning
Another plane, another client; and yet another discussion. They are sounding a bit the same. I am trying to not sound like a broken record. Regional supply chain companies are attempting to define...
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Supply Chain: Anything But Timeless
Timeless: not affected by the passage of time or changes in fashion. Last week I was on vacation in the Caribbean. I moved on island time. It is a slower, more relaxed pace. In the process, I thought a...
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Announcing the Supply Chains to Admire 2017 Award Winners
Supply chain excellence. It is easier to say than define. Getting it clear is important. Why? The answer makes or breaks a supply chain leader’s career and defines corporate value. Let’s take an...
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Why Our Goal Should Not Be an Integrated Supply Chain
This week I spoke at an SAS Global Analytics Summit on the connected supply chain. In my view, the connected supply chain is very, very different from the integrated supply chain. Here, in this blog...
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Forecasting: Let’s Start by Asking the Right Questions
Ten calls. They are all starting to sound the same. Here is the storyline: “We implemented SAP APO, and we now know its limitations. We have tried SAP IBP and are not impressed. Since SAP is not...
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Software Planning: Satisfaction is Like a Flip of a Coin
This week, after ten years, I am test-driving cars. I have not owned a car for a decade. City living has come to an end and it is time for me to get some wheels. Buying a car is overwhelming. I just...
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Yowza! A Nine-Step Decision Process to Help Guide Supply Chain Planning...
Yowza: Excitement or approval Get a cup of coffee. This is a long post. <Bear with me….> Here I share a nine-step process in an attempt to help companies unravel the process for buying supply...
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